The watch has been in the family since 1975 at least. Note the green residue -- brass oxidization -- coming up even through the chrome plating (what's left of it).
Nothing much to see on the dial side, the acrylic crystal is all cracked so I am not even showing it... in order not to distract from the movement.
The movement is decorated... even the inside of the back is decorated for good measure using the Perlage (Perlée) technique.
The ZiM / Pobeda 2602 movement used to power the cheapest and most mass-produced watch in the USSR. Yet the movement itself is far from cheap. It is closely related to the premium Euro watches of the 1930s-40s which is easy to see especially in this decorated version as opposed to later variants (the movement was produced well into the 2000s).
One step above it in collectors' hierarchy is a Pobeda 2602 dated movement, this one is ZiM's undated movement.
If you look closely you will see that not only the bridges are decorated -- striped but the underlying plate is finely decorated too.
You can see it for example in these large pictures of the movement (links):
1975 ZiM 2602 movement 1 (once opened click on it for an even bigger image)
1975 ZiM 2602 movement 2 (once opened click on it for an even bigger image)
in memory of t.p.
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